From fc29f3bf4f0642f1634af8b6f73aee83ca6711f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Prikler Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 02:48:23 +0100 Subject: doc: Add pulseaudio documentation. * doc/guile.texi: Add documentation for pulseaudio-service-type and pulseaudio-configuration. Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke --- doc/guix.texi | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index af6ffbbb7a..d2038d18e1 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Jakob L. Kreuze@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Kyle Andrews@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Alex Griffin@* Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Guillaume Le Vaillant@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Leo Prikler@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -15951,6 +15952,42 @@ pcm.!default @{ See @uref{https://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc} for the details. +@deffn {Scheme Variable} pulseaudio-service-type +This is the type for the @uref{http://www.pulseaudio.org/, PulseAudio} +sound server. It exists to allow system overrides of the default settings +via @code{pulseaudio-configuration}, see below. + +@quotation Warning +This service on its own does not ensure, that the @code{pulseaudio} package +exists on your machine. It merely adds configuration files for it, as +detailed below. In the (admittedly unlikely) case, that you find yourself +without a @code{pulseaudio} package, consider enabling it through the +@code{alsa-service-type} above. +@end quotation +@end deffn + +@deftp {Data Type} pulseaudio-configuration +Data type representing the configuration for @code{pulseaudio-service}. + +@table @asis +@item @var{client-conf} (default: @code{'()}) +List of settings to set in @file{client.conf}. +Accepts a list of strings or a symbol-value pairs. A string will be +inserted as-is with a newline added. A pair will be formatted as +``key = value'', again with a newline added. + +@item @var{daemon-conf} (default: @code{'((flat-volumes . no))}) +List of settings to set in @file{daemon.conf}, formatted just like +@var{client-conf}. + +@item @var{script-file} (default: @code{(file-append pulseaudio "/etc/pulse/default.pa")}) +Script file to use as as @file{default.pa}. + +@item @var{system-script-file} (default: @code{(file-append pulseaudio "/etc/pulse/system.pa")}) +Script file to use as as @file{system.pa}. +@end table +@end deftp + @deffn {Scheme Variable} ladspa-service-type This service sets the @var{LADSPA_PATH} variable, so that programs, which respect it, e.g. PulseAudio, can load LADSPA plugins. -- cgit v1.2.3